Japan’s Sara Takanashi (25) has won the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup for two days in a row, increasing her ski jump World Cup most wins to 59.
Takanashi climbed to the top with a total of 234.1 points in the 1st and 2nd period in the FIS Ski Jump World Cup Women’s Normal Hill solo game held in Hinzenbach, Austria on the morning of the 8th (Korean time). Takanashi won the gold medal for two days in a row following the solo exhibition at Normal Hill, held at the same place the day before, by 3.1 points to 2nd place Nika Kriznar (231.0 points, Slovenia).
Takanashi is from Kamakawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, where it snows the most in Japan, and his father and brother are also ski jump players. Takanashi reigned as the strongest in the world, winning 14 wins in the 2015-2016 seasons and 9 wins in the 2016-2017 seasons, but recently stagnated. It has been 3 years since 2 wins in the 2017-2018 season that he won 2 wins in one season.
Reporter Jeon Se-won [email protected]
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